Word: preventing
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...that thins the bones and makes them susceptible to fractures. When the loss of bone occurs in the spine -- one of the most common sites -- patients may experience shortened stature, curvature of the back and pain in both the back and abdomen. Women who take calcium pills can sometimes prevent the onset or progression of the disease, but there has been no successful treatment for patients who have substantial bone loss...
Last week researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas announced a promising new way of increasing bone density that seems to reverse the effects of spinal osteoporosis. The treatment relies on sodium fluoride, the chemical used by dentists to strengthen teeth and in toothpaste to prevent cavities. When the drug was tested years ago as a treatment for osteoporosis, it produced severe side effects like stomach bleeding, and while the fluoride caused bones to thicken, they were still easily broken. But the Texas researchers tried giving patients slow-dissolving fluoride pills that released the drug only...
...them evidence of Imhausen-Chemie's complicity as early as last October. Whatever the reason for Bonn's foot-dragging, the U.S. welcomed the change of tune. "The objective now is to let the Germans climb down without further embarrassment," said a senior White House official. "We want to prevent further shipment of German equipment and further participation of German personnel. We're persuaded that without them the plant will never go into production...
John Thompson had pledged to boycott the game as a protest against NCAA Proposition 42, a stringent new regulation enacted last week to prevent the academically deficient from competing in intercollegiate athletics...
Part of the job of any government, student government or Harvard administration, should be regular and unconditional funding of the arts. I understand that the idea of only providing start-up funding is to make organizations prove their worth, and prevent them from existing just because they can get money. But proving the worth of a literary magazine does not mean being financially independent...